The company said that the operators made a decision to shut down the Unit 1 following a leak of river water into the turbine building basement. The river water entered the basement from a hatch that provides access to part of the unit’s condenser. The condenser uses river water to cool the steam leaving the turbine.
Following repairs, operators will restore the system and return the unit to service.
The Susquehanna plant, located in Luzerne County about seven miles north of Berwick, is owned jointly by PPL Susquehanna and Allegheny Electric Cooperative and is operated by PPL Susquehanna.
PPL controls or owns nearly 12,000MW of generating capacity in the US, sells energy in key US markets and delivers electricity to about 4 million customers in Pennsylvania and the UK.
